Mexico: step taken towards minimum wage rises indexed to inflation

On 25 September, the Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved the reform of article 123 of the Constitution (478 votes in favour and no abstentions). The bill, which was announced in February by then President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, establishes the principle that minimum wage increases cannot be lower than inflation. Its aim is to maintain workers’ purchasing power in the face of rising prices in Mexico over the past few years, and to guarantee them a decent level of pay that “enables...